Rikard Sjöblom (born 23 February 1982) is a Swedish singer and musician, best known as a member of Beardfish and Big Big Train, and also for his solo project, Gungfly.[1]
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| Born | 23 February 1982 |
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Biography
Sjöblom started playing accordion at age 6, under the encouragement of his grandfather.[2][3] He started playing guitar at age 10, and bought a Hammond organ at age 17.[3] He started playing guitar because of metal bands like Helloween, Iron Maiden and Metallica.[2]
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After buying a Hammond organ, he formed a duo with drummer Petter Diamant called Bootcut,[3] who released two CDs, Hammond vs Drums (2002) and De Fluff (2005) and a digital release called Suspended Animation.[3] They continue to be active to the present day,[4] and released an album in 2017.[5]
He formed Beardfish in 2001, with guitarist David Zackrisson (with whom he had played in a Grunge band called Wooderson), drummer Petter Diamant (of Bootcut) and bassist Gabriel Olsson.[6] Diamant soon left the band due to not being into the bands progressive direction.[6] He was replaced by Magnus Östgren. The next addition to the band was multi-instrumentalist Stefan Aronsson in 2002 who played keyboards, guitar and flute.[6] Olsson was replaced Robert Hansen later in 2002. Aronsson left in 2003 reverting the band to a four piece line-up which it would stay until 2015, when they toured with keyboardist Martin Borgh.[7] Beardish mainly made progressive rock music, as well as verging into metal with The Void (2012).[8]
Sjöblom has also performed with The Tangent, providing narration.[9]
Sjöblom was recruited Big Big Train in 2014 as touring guitarist and keyboardist, for then possible future live shows.[10] He has since become a permanent member appearing on all of their albums since Wassail (2015).[11]
Gungfly is Sjoblom's pseudonym for his solo work, he releases studio work and also performs live under the name.[12]
Discography
with Bootcut
- Real Music Beauty Of Soul (2000) demo[13]
- Hammond vs Drums (2002)[14]
- De Fluff (2006)
- Suspended Animation (2013)
Solo
- Kretslopp (2001)[15]
- Cyklonmannen (2006) with Den Gyllene Orkestern[16]
- The Unbendable Sleep (2016)[17]
as Gungfly
- Please Be Quiet (2009)[18]
- Lamentations (2011)[19]
- On Her Journey To The Sun (2017)[20]
- Friendship (2018)[21]
- Alone Together (2020)[22]
With Beardfish
With Big Big Train
Other releases
| Year | Band | Title | Notes | Cite |
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| 2001 | Wooderson | Wooderson | album by band with David Zackrisson[6] | [23] |
| 2008 | Ground Mower | Ground Mower | Hammond organ | [24] |
| 2009 | Anna Frank | Harriets' Grief | noises on one track | [25] |
| 2010 | The Saigon Sickness | Invocation Of My Demon Brothers | organ on four tracks | [26] |
| 2013 | The Tangent | Le Sacre Du Travail | narration on one track | [27] |
| 2020 | Dyble Longdon | Between A Breath And A Breath | accordion on one track | [28] |